Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Bible References
General references
Isaiah 59:4
none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 5:23
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
Isaiah 10:1
Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
Psalm 82:2
How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.
Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity,
Micah 7:3
Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it.
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!